Executive Team
Mark Sheplak, President
Dr. Sheplak is currently a Professor holding joint appointments in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida. Prior to joining University of Florida in 1998, he was a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Cambridge, MA from 1995-1998. He received a BS degree in 1989, a MS degree in 1992, and a Ph.D. degree in 1995 in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. During his Ph.D. studies he was a GSRP Fellow at NASA-LaRC in Hampton, VA from 1992-1995.
David Arnold, Vice President
Dr. Arnold is the George Kirkland Engineering Leadership professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida and holds an affiliate appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He received dual B.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1999, and a M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Florida in 2001. Professor Arnold earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004.